KIEV, Dec. 28 - Azovelektrostal (Mariupol, Donetsk region), part of Azovmashinvest Holding, in the framework of commissioning works on the launch of the main equipment after a year of inactivity has conducted test smelting in the DSP-25 furnace, making the first three of the twelve parts ordered by ArcelorMittal Algeria.

KIEV, Dec. 30 – Azovobschemash, part of public joint-stock company Azovmash (both based in Mariupol, Donetsk region) is preparing to supply a third batch of special-purpose equipment in 2014 for the Cyclone-4 rocket complex being built by Ukraine and Brazil at the Alcantara Space Center in Brazil.

KIEV, Dec. 29 â€“ In 2005, the National Bank of Ukraine will pursue a monetary and credit policy appropriate to the economic processes currently underway in the state, and the inflation rate, as measured by the consumer price index, will be a priority guiding its monetary policy.

KIEV, Dec 30 - Turkmenistan will cut gas supplies to Russia on Friday for a week and will halt deliveries to Ukraine until a new contract is agreed upon, the Turkmen foreign ministry said in a statement issued from Ashkabat, the Turkmen capital, according to Agence France Presse.